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That's kinda what I see happening too, sometime in the coming weeks they'll be getting those ROTS ones in when Wal-Mart and TRU are putting out the ROTJ stuff... never know though. Also for TRU, the jacked up $10 price actually doesn't seem to be hurting them in my area, which is weird. They've had the best selection of vintage figures so far, so I guess that's why they are moving out here at TRU.

As for Vader, I've been surprised - he's really not pegwarming at all anywhere now at the stores I hit on a regular basis. Not even at Target, who has a ton of Wave One still.

Similar here. TRU was moving things well when they were the first ones with TVC in stock, but once Target/WM got them they slowed down considerably. Our Targets are stocked pretty well (although not full) of Wave 1, with no signs of anything else. Wal-Mart(s) here have been pretty good with the ROTS wave the past couple weeks, with it selling and re-stocking. Target would probably be better off skipping to the ROTJ wave at this point, but that isn't necessarily how it works. Plus, who knows when that wave will end up hitting, as I don't think it is even up for preorder online yet.

Finished up the ROTS wave a couple nights ago when my local WM put out yet another case, which has to be like the fifth or sixth case of this wave they've received in the last couple of weeks. For this area, that's quite a bit. I picked up openers of the Magnaguard and Sidious and picked up a carded Grievous, who is the fastest seller around here. I'm undecided on getting an opener, due to the gummy plastic and the fact I'm going to hate the figure for that.

Also picked up some Empire wave figures I've passed on. I wish I wouldn't have bought C-3PO. I dislike it just as much as I thought I would.

I got two Grievous figures, and mine are as sturdy as the 2008 figure, and my 2008 figure hasn't ever fallen over. I even have one of them in a walking pose with his hands behind his back like he does in the CW3D series. I'd not describe him as "gummy" at all, really.

He's pliable, but I've found that figure quite sturdy since it first came out.

Found a bunch of wave 2 at WM today. Got all the Sandtroopers I was planning to get, my second and last Magnaguard and the remaining foils I needed. Technically, I need to replace four of the 12 due to bad cards, but it's still nice to finally have found everything. Also picked up a corrected size Battle droid 2-pack.